Passenger-car.



S. R. SKOV T. SCULLIN.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION TILED APRA, 1908. RENEWED 13110. 27, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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S. R. SK OV dz T. SUULLIN.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.4, 1908. RENEWED D110. 27, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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- (ET/13W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOB-EN ROBERTSON SKOV AND TERANCE SCULLIN, CLIJIVELAND,v OHIO.

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Application filed. April 4, 190,"$eria1 No. 425,191.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SonnN' RoBnn'rsoN SKov and Tan-men SCULLlN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in PasseugenCa-rs; and we do declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will en-' able others skilled in the art to which it a ppertains to make and use the same.

()ur invention relates to improvements in passenger cars, and especially in what have become known as pay-as-you-enter cars, and the invention consists particularly in means for controlling the front door. and step of such cars, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of the front of a car Showing a doorand step and our novel con trolling mechanism engaged therewith. Fig. 2 is a modification of the controllingjmechanism with an air cylinder as the initial act-uating member. Fig. 3 is a horizontal secti on of the car body and plan view of the conv trolling mechanism showing the step in raised or retired position and the door closed, as also shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the step and immediate mechanism for controlling same, and Fig.5 is a perspective view of a further part of said step mechanism, all as will hereinafter fully appear.

The idea of the invention as thus shown is to give the. motorman exclusive control of the front exit door of a car and of the step therefrom, so that no one can leave the car by this way until the door is opened and the step Simultaneously lowered upon the stopping of the car. This, obviously, may be done in several ways, but the construction shown herein has been found practical and.

acceptable.

Havln'g reference now to the car, B represents the body thereof, D the front door; Suitable hangers H support he step pivotally at the ends.

and S the ste therefrom.

thereof on bearings 2, and stops 3, or their equivalent," on the ends of the step engage hangers H to limit the rotation of the'step from a vertical, folded or retired position to a horizontal or using position, Fig. 4.

Both the door and the step are preferably operated at thesame time or in unison from a. single hand actuated lever L, as disclosed in the-several views, or by compressed air specification of Letters Patent.- Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Renewed Deceniber27, 1910. Serial No. 599,533.

- as in Fig. 2, and said lever is shown as located in the vestibule of the car within convenient reach of the motorman and from which part the-passengers, presumably, are excluded. In this instance said lever comes at about the middle. and front'of the vesti hide, and is pivoted in the bottom of the car at 4 as its fulcrum, and extends thence beneath the car asuflicient distance to make operative connections with the other co-acting parts. These comprise, first, a pair of links 5, which are located side by side and pivotally united at opposite sides on the lower extremity of lever L and'have the respective door and step controlling mechanisms or lines of operating connections engaged with their other ends. Thus, as to the step, a connecting rod, link or men iber 6 is engaged with-said linksfi at one end and with an adj usti-n g screw 7 at its other end, which forms a rigid extension of one arm of a rocking arm or crank E, which is horizontally pivoted in its angle beneath-the car body on a support 8, Fig. 1. Another connecting rod,

bar .or link 10 engages with the opposite" arm 12 of the crank shaped rocker E at one end and with a raised end portion of step S at its other end in such position and re lation as will tilt or rotate said step a quarter turn on its bearings 2. It follows, therefore, that the niotorman has complete control of the door step by this line-of mechanism, whether by lever or compressed air. So, likewise, has the motorman control of the door D, which is designed to be closed when the step is folded and to be open when the step is open or down. 'To these ends we provide a sub-line of mechanism proceeding initially from links 5 and comprising a rock shaft or rod R, rotatably supported in or beneath the car body in suitable bearings therein and having a controlling arm 16 rigid with its inner end-and carrying an adjusting screw 17, which is pivotally connected with said links At the opposite end said rod or shaft Rhas a lever G rigidly fixed thereon and arranged to stand more or less vertically between inner and outer panels 20 and 21 of the side of the car, and

.to swing between said panels on its pivot,

which is rod R.

The door D is adapted to, slide rather than being hinged, or, to be exact, it is adapted to run back and forth on rollers and a track at its to between said panels 20 and A pair 0' links 23connects the other views.

cylinder C, which 18 supported on a beam upper end of lever G with about the middle 2 which the step is adapted to turn to a verof the door at its top, and said link has a slot 24 in its end engaged by a pin or the like through the end of lever G and adapted to afford such measure of free play to said lever in said slot before the door is reversed as may be necessary to release the spring pressed bolt 25 which locks the door shut. Said bolt is controlled by a bell crank 26 on links 23, and which has one arm connected by flexible wire 27, or the like, with lever G, and the other arm connected by wire 28 with bolt 25. Close operating connection is thus made between lever G and said bolt, and the bolt is withdrawn before the pull comes upon the door through link 23, slot 24 making the necesbefore the bolt is locked.

In. Fig. 2 we show a modification of the initial portion of the invention in that compressed air or the like is employed instead of hand energy through lever L as in the So in this case we employ a or bar F on the bottom of the car and has a piston 29 and piston rod 30, which connects with the extremity of rod 6, or makes an equivalent connection with that of lever E hr the adjusting screw 7. Pressure is applied on opposite sides of said piston 29 through pipes 31 and 32. The screws 7 l and 17 respectively in the operating lines of step S and door D serve to restore said 1 parts to correct Working position when they get. out of harmony for any reason. The door and the step are operativelv united so as to be simultaneously controlled,

but the operation might be as to either alone That is, the door might be controlled l11' dependently of the step, and vice versa. By

having the step foldable we prevent persons standing thereon and stealing rides.

What we claim is 1.-A car having a platform and'a door. and a step at its side on a plane beneath" and outside the platform and door and provided with pivot supports at its ends on Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents tical position, and means to open and close and step. sary accommodation, and the,door is closed operatively connected with the door.

5.;A car having-1a door and a movable step for'the door, a lock for the door, and mechanism to jointly operate the door and step and said lock.

. 6. A ,car havingma door and a movable door step adapted to beact-uated in unison, alock for the door, and a single controlling member having mechanism to operate said Joel; and door and step. 1 In testimony'whereof we sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

SOREN ROBERTSON SKOV. 1 IERANCE SCULLIN.

Witnesses:

B. MOSER, F. (5. MUssuN.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

